Category: security-privacy

Malware on iTunes Gift Certificate Email Notices

Malware on iTunes Gift Certificate Email Notices

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes I haven’t bought any gift certificate from iTunes ever so I was fascinated when I came to read an email allegedly coming from iTunes informing me of a purchase for $50 worth of iTunes gift certificate. It was strange because the email was sent to my personal ISP email [...]

May 9, 2010 | 5 Comments More
Security Alert: “Biet tin gi chua, vao day coi di” Virus on Yahoo Messenger

Security Alert: “Biet tin gi chua, vao day coi di” Virus on Yahoo Messenger

Reading time: 3 – 5 minutes The Vietnamese phrase, “Biet tin gi chua, vao day coi di” may not sound familiar to you but once you get this message from one of your Yahoo Messenger contacts, then it would have been right if you’ll inform them that there was a virus sitting on their computer [...]

April 18, 2010 | 2 Comments More
HOW TO: Remove Fake Antivirus Software

HOW TO: Remove Fake Antivirus Software

Reading time: 6 – 9 minutes I have mentioned on my post about rogueware attachments on Facebook support emails that I’ll be sharing to my readers how I was able to remove the fake antivirus in minutes without any complicated steps or registry editing involved so brace yourselves because this article answers that. The rogueware [...]

March 24, 2010 | 11 Comments More
Virus Alert: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation Support Message Attachments

Virus Alert: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation Support Message Attachments

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes There had been a lot of reported incidents this week about Facebook password reset confirmation emails containing an attachment which was an executable file that once opened would trigger a Trojan attack on your computer thus running the rogueware or fake antivirus, anti-spyware or anti-anything software for purpose of [...]

March 22, 2010 | 14 Comments More
Phishing Scam Links from Twitter Direct Messages

Phishing Scam Links from Twitter Direct Messages

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes This post may come to you as something that isn’t new however I just thought that it may serve as a reminder whenever you get direct messages on Twitter and tempted to click on the links. It’s not once or twice that I have received DMs with links pointing [...]

November 12, 2009 | 4 Comments More